"Applications that include filtering, bookmarking, searching or sharing recommendations are not considered significantly different from the App Store, therefore they cannot be approved by Apple." http://techcrunch.com/2013/12/11/appidemia-shutting-down-aft...
I never see analysts charging Apple with sheer negligence in these things.
It's not for the lack of resources. They have warchests both here and offshore. Why they don't get behind these pesky problems beats me. I mean these are elementary things. Using your competitor to search for apps in your store has to be downright cringe-worthy.
The only explanation for this has to be that Apple is shoring up every last nickel for something much much larger. In the years to come we shall likely see Apple heading into complete virgin product territories.
Apps, phones and tablets must seem like a distraction - a sideshow if you will - to the people in the know at Apple. A distraction from the real mother lode of things they have been working on.
If proven true, this has to be the greatest execution of strategy secrecy and misleading of onlookers and industry watchers alike, every seen at a corporation.
Nothing else explains why such scant attention is paid to basic things like search, voice recognition (Siri which is again a laggard compared to Google Now / Cortana) or maps or any other facets of the Apple ecosytem.
I wasn't even too far off when I predicted this. Looks like Apple has hundreds working on the car,per WSJ.[1]
[1] Apple Has Hundreds Working On An Electric Car Design, Says WSJ
http://techcrunch.com/2015/02/13/apple-car/
[2] Apple Gears Up to Challenge Tesla in Electric Cars
http://www.wsj.com/articles/apples-titan-car-project-to-chal...